Author: Abdul Rahim
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Cricket First Sport to Announce Qualifiers for Commonwealth Games
London, April 26, 2021: Cricket is the first discipline to announce qualifying teams for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as the sport makes a landmark re-entry to the prestigious multi-sport event scheduled from 28 July to 8 August next year. The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) made the announcement on…
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Coaches, Women’s and Competitions Committees met first time in Poland
Poland, April 21, 2021: Coaches Committee, Women’s Committee and Competitions Committee organized on Tuesday their first hybrid meetings, where part of the groups were present online. Coaches Committee Lead by Ervin Kade, the Coaches Committee met to discuss various important questions. Safety in boxing, development of the digital scoring system and world ranking system were…
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Respect and dialogue needed to restore normality as breakaway league is strongly disapproved
Zurich, April 20, 2021: FIFA President Gianni Infantino has called for respect and dialogue as he expressed FIFA’s strong disapproval of the proposed European breakaway league project, and has requested that the concerned parties consider their position in line with respecting the institutions that exist to protect the interest of national, European and global football.…
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Milano Cortina 2026 presents significant progress at second IOC Coordination Commission meeting
Lausanne, April 19, 2021: The second International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission meeting with Milano Cortina 2026 held virtually today, 19 April 2021. Despite the ongoing difficulties related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee could show the significant progress that it has been able to make since the previous Coordination Commission…
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Babar ends Kohli’s supremacy in MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings
Dubai, April 14, 20121: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has ended Virat Kohli’s long reign at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings, becoming only the fourth batsman from his country to attain number one position in the latest weekly update, which is carried out on Wednesdays. The 26-year-old’s player of the…
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Mehmood Riaz VP of SJAS got 5th position in the “video reporting” category award of world recognised, AIPS
Karachi, Pakistan, April 12, 2021: The Vice President of Sports Journalists Association of Sindh (SJAS) has made the entire association proud by acquiring fifth position in the “video reporting” category award of world recognised, AIPS (International Sports Press Association). The award out of 1871 entries of the 129 countries is indeed a great honour for…
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FIFA World Cup 2022™ media rights awarded in Italy
Zurich, April 09, 2021: Following the tender process for the Italian media rights to the FIFA World Cup 2022™, FIFA has awarded the exclusive rights to the competition to Rai, the Italian national public service broadcaster. Rai has awarded multi-platform rights across television, digital and radio, and will provide an extremely strong broadcast platform for…
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MoU for African schools football competition signed in Congo DR
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, April 8, 2021: Today in Kinshasa, FIFA, the Congo DR Football Association (FECOFA) and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed an historic MoU that will see the creation of a schools football championship. At a signing ceremony in the iconic Palais des Nations Hall, FECOFA President…
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Vaccination, a new pre-Olympic event
April 08, 2021: With less than 110 days before the opening of the Tokyo Games (D-106 this Thursday, April 8th), the issue of the vaccination of athletes no longer seems to be the subject of an ethical and moral debate. As the event approaches, pragmatism takes over. Logical. According to a source “close to the…
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Adriano Moraes Retains ONE Flyweight World Title with shocking knockout of Demetrious Johnson
Singapore, April 8, 2021: ONE Championship™ (ONE), Asia’s largest global sports media property, returned to U.S. prime time with “ONE on TNT I” live from the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The card featured a pair of ONE Super Series all-striking matches and four mixed martial arts fights, including a historic battle for the ONE Flyweight World…